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Energy in a Clean Environment

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students identify and describe the different types of energy and how it is transferred.  In this energy lesson students complete several activities including how to calculate joules, adding up wattage, and create a presentation on...
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Energetic Energy: A Child?s Guide to Responsible Energy Use

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore how energy transforms into heat.  For this energy lesson students create models and find a need for fuel to make a Stirling engine. 
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Sources of Energy

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners research various methods for preparing food and analyze energy sources. They explain that radiation, light, and heat are forms of energy used to cook food, treat diseases, and provide energy.
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Solar Power

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders create their own solar panel. They use this experiment to see how the sun can be used as a form of energy.
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Energy Conservation

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students explore the topic of energy conservation. They identify energy sources, complete a chart and a questionnaire, and write two paragraphs summarizing the lesson plan information and ways to conserve energy.
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Fueling Around with Energy: A Comparative Study of Conventional and Renewable Energy Use Among Nations

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders examine the relationship between energy and society. In groups, they define energy sources as renewable or conventional and research how each method contributes to the world's energy. They write about how the patterns of...
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Energy Transformations

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate energy and energy transformations. They compare the various forms of energy, create the circuit and sketch the connections. In addition, they label the circuit to identify areas where energy transformation is present.
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What is Energy?

For Students 8th - 12th
In this energy worksheet, learners will determine if 7 examples represent kinetic energy or potential energy. Then students will study an illustration of a child coming down a slide and answer 5 energy questions based on the illustration.
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More Conservation of Energy

For Students 9th - 12th
In this conservation of energy learning exercise, students answer 17 questions about energy, potential energy, kinetic energy and work. They match the conservation of energy equations with 7 given situations.
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Solar Energy Experiment

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students observe solar energy at work. In this science lesson, students watch two bottles, painted black and white, sit in the heat with balloons on the mouth of the bottles. They observe and discuss why the balloon of the black bottle...
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Activation Energy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners investigate activation energy through endothermic and exothermic reactions. In this activation energy lesson plan, students conduct 2 experiments, one is an endothermic reaction and the other is an exothermic reaction. Learners...
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Kinetic Energy and Voltage

For Students 8th - 10th
In this kinetic energy and voltage worksheet, learners use the formula that relates the kinetic energy of a particle to its voltage to answer 3 questions. Students manipulate the equation to solve for the speed of particles given...
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Alternative Energy

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars discover types of energy. For this physics lesson, students discuss ways to power a car a design a model car kit with an alternative form of energy.
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Characteristics of Energy

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders view a video and create a KWL to identify energy sources. In this energy sources lesson, 4th graders explore the meaning of energy, kinetic energy, potential energy, thermal energy, radiant energy, and electrical energy....
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Are You an Energy Efficient Consumer?

For Students 7th - 10th
In this energy consumption worksheet, students use on line resources to explore the energy use by different countries around the world. Students compare the amount of light emitted by different countries and their carbon dioxide...
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Energy Balance

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read various health articles. In this being active health instructional activity, students discover why it is important to be active and eat healthy foods. Students read articles about sleep, the food pyramid and energy.
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America's Energy Future

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students write a proposal to save energy resources. In this energy lesson plan, students research nuclear energy, coal power, petroleum, natural gas, hydroelectric power, and renewable energy. Students then debate energy issues and share...
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Scientists Create Energy-Making Artificial Leaf (29th March, 2011)

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students read an article about alternative energy and complete the associated worksheets. In this ESL/ELL alternative energy lesson, students read or listen an article about research at MIT in which scientists designed a energy-making...
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How Solar Cells Work: Converting Sunlight to Electricity

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine how to convert sunlight to electricity.  In this renewable energy sources instructional activity students explain how solar cells are used and use a voltmeter to measure the energy produced by a solar panel.
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Renewable Energy in Connecticut - Softening Our Footprint through Sustainable Energy Use

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore energy conservation. In this environmental lesson plan, students will look at data showing the amounts of energy used, our carbon footprint, and will research a power source. This unit allows for a deeper understanding...
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Exploring Alternative Energy Sources

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students research the amount and kinds of energy that are produced and consumed in the United States, including the limitations of this kind of consumption. They research and create a display to teach classmates about a specific...
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Energy Eccentricity

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students assess their own energy use to help develop an awareness of the different types of natural resources affected by consumers. Their calculations show them how much they are personally impacting the Earth. Very meaningful and...
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Energy and Work Amusement Park Style

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students distinguish between kinetic and potential energy. They recognize that energy can change from one form to other forms. They identify and describe several forms of energy.
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TE Lesson: Renewable Energy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine renewable energy sources such as solar, water, and wind. They experiment to determine how renewable energy is transformed into electricity. They investigate the role of engineers who work in the field of renewable energy.

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